Remind

Frisco ISD provides the paid Remind service for FISD Staff members. If you have a need for a texting-type communication with students or parents, this is the approved method. The Remind app can also be used to make phone calls from your smartphone without sharing your phone number.

Campus Contact: Digital Learning Coach

Resources:

Website: remind.com

Support: Remind's Help Center

Club/Organization Sponsors- Adding Students to Canvas & Remind

Getting Started...

FAQs
Logging in the first time
- Try logging in with your FISD email address. If you previously had an account it will send you an email to confirm your account.
- If it does not recognize your FISD email address, create a new account.
Website, phone app, or text messages- Your Remind account can be accessed through 3 methods:
- Website- remind.com
- Mobile app- iTunes, GooglePlay
- Text messages- First, add your phone number to your FISD account then change your Notifications.
Office Hours- If you don’t want to receive messages late at night or over the weekend, setup Office Hours. When Office Hours are set, users will receive a message similar to “Office hours for Ms. A Teacher won’t start until Monday at 8:00 AM, so they may not receive your message right now. Send anyway?” Directions.
Student/Parent Replies- You control whether users can reply to you and/or the entire class.
- Users reply to you. This setting applies to all of your classes/groups. Directions.
- Users reply to the class/group. You change this setting per class/group through the mobile app. Directions.
Anonymous phone calls. - With Remind, you have the ability to make anonymous phone calls to parents/students. Directions.
Translation- Remind has the ability to translate messages into many different languages for the person sending the message or the person receiving the message via the Remind app.
- Remind provides a prewritten letter in Spanish that you can send to parents to let them know you’re using Remind.
Notifications- You are in charge of how Remind notifies you of incoming messages. Directions.
FISD and Campus. If your account is correct you will see both "Frisco Independent School District" and the name of your campus on the left. If you do not see this, contact Remind's support to get your account corrected.